Annual Report 2020

Directors DATO’ MOHAMED KHADAR BIN MERICAN 64 , Male Independent Non-Executive Director Malaysian Membership of Board Committees: • Chairman of the Audit Committee • Member of the Risk Management Committee • Member of the Safety Review Board Dato’ Mohamed Khadar bin Merican, male, Malaysian, aged 64, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of AirAsia Group Berhad (AAGB) on 30 March 2018. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Management Committee and Safety Review Board of AAGB. Dato’ Mohamed Khadar is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Dato’ Mohamed Khadar has more than 40 years’ experience in financial and general management. He served as an auditor and a consultant in an international accounting firm before joining a financial services group in 1986. Between 1988 and April 2003, he held various senior management positions in the then Pernas International Holdings Berhad, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, including those of President and Chief Operating Officer. In 2013, in his capacity as the Chairman of RHB Capital, Dato’ Mohamed Khadar was named “Chairman of The Year” by the Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group (now known as Minority Shareholders Watch Group) at its Asean Corporate Governance Index Awards 2013. Dato’ Mohamed Khadar is also a director of Iris Corporation Berhad and Rashid Hussain Berhad (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation), both public companies. 38 AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD